"Honey badger don't care. ... It just takes what it wants," an animated narrator says over footage of the animal scavenging the wilderness for its next meal.

At some stage, it became the nickname for LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, and -- for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and his players -- the beast has become a motivational trigger for a team that finally learned to go after what it wanted this season.

Harbaugh (who appears to spend his free time differently than, say, Buddy Nix) screened a film of the 49ers' highlights spliced together with clips of the honey badger roaming the badlands, FOX Sports reported.

This honey badger is a handful to deal with, but according to Jack Handey, the most dangerous animal in the world isn't the honey badger, but a "shark, riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."